I built several of these personalized bottle cap catchers for holiday gifts. They require minimal tools to build and are great beginner projects.

I mounted the catcher at my house on the rails of our screened-in porch (as shown in the picture). In the tutorial, I show you how to make a keyhole so that you can hang it on the wall if you wish. The bulldog opener that I secured to the back board is from Pottery Barn.

Step 1: Cut boards to size

For the back board, take the 1/2 x 6″ board and measure and mark 15″. Use a mitre or jig saw to cut the board to size.

For the bottom board, take the 1/4 x 3″ board and cut a 6″ long piece.

The cutlist

To create the left and right side boards, take the 1/4 x 3″ board and cut two 4″ long pieces. Take each 4″ long piece and measure 3″ on one side. Then, mark the diagonal line that connects the 3″ mark to the top of the 4″ side. Cut out this section on each side piece.

To create the front pieces, take the 1/4 x 3″ board and cut a 6″ long piece. Then, cut that piece directly in half to create two pieces roughly 1.5″ inches wide.

Step 2: Cut the keyhole for mounting

Rout a keyhole

This next step is optional and depends on how you plan to mount your bottle cap catcher. If you want to mount it to the wall, one option (and the high quality way) is to use a keyhole bit to rout a keyhole in the back board.

Keyhole bit

A keyhole is a secure way to hang the item on the wall. I used this keyhole bit from Whiteside.

Step 3: Attach the sides

Attach sides with nail gun

Use a nail gun and 5/8″ brad nails to attach the sides to the back board.

Step 4: Attach the bottom and front pieces

Attach bottom and front pieces

Next, attach the bottom board and two front pieces using 5/8″ brad nails.